Tag: Russia

Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus), Sterlegova, Great Arctic Reserve, Taimyr, RussiaThe Pomarine Skua breeds in the Arctic tundra of Eurasia and North America and winters in the southern hemisphere. The species is marine outside the breeding season, remaining somewhat coastal, especially in upwelling re...

By Peter Prokosch

Pair of Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus), Sterlegova, Great Arctic Reserve, Taimyr, RussiaThe Dotterel breeds in the Arctic tundra of northern Eurasia, from Norway to eastern Siberia. The Dotterel is a migratory species, wintering in a narrow belt across north Africa from Morocco eastwards to Iran. - Within t...

By Peter Prokosch

Breeding Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus), Sterlegova, Great Arctic Reserve, Taimyr, RussiaThe Dotterel breeds in the Arctic tundra of northern Eurasia, from Norway to eastern Siberia. The Dotterel is a migratory species, wintering in a narrow belt across north Africa from Morocco eastwards to Iran. - Within t...

Red Knot Habitat, Sterlegova, 75.26N 89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 2019Within the former German-Soviet Environmental Agreement in the years 1989-1991 3 biological expeditions to the Taimyr peninsular in northernmost Siberia were performed. They laid the ground for the establishment (1993) o...

By Peter Prokosch

Knot (Calidris canutus canutus) with young, Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 1990The Red Knot breeding with six subspecies in the high Arctic tundra makes one of the longest migrations of any bird, traveling up to 16,000 km twice a year. The different knot populations are migrating in some of the lar...

By Peter Prokosch

One-day old Red Knots (Calidris canutus canutus), Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 1990The Red Knot breeding with six subspecies in the high Arctic tundra makes one of the longest migrations of any bird, traveling up to 16,000 km twice a year. The different knot populations are migrating in some of the lar...

By Peter Prokosch

Coast at Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 1990Within the former German-Soviet Environmental Agreement in the years 1989-1991 3 biological expeditions to the Taimyr peninsular in northernmost Siberia were performed. They laid the ground for the establishment (1993) o...

By Peter Prokosch

Coast at Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 1990Within the former German-Soviet Environmental Agreement in the years 1989-1991 3 biological expeditions to the Taimyr peninsular in northernmost Siberia were performed. They laid the ground for the establishment (1993) o...

By Peter Prokosch

Frost Patterns, Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 1990Within the former German-Soviet Environmental Agreement in the years 1989-1991 3 biological expeditions to the Taimyr peninsular in northernmost Siberia were performed. They laid the ground for the establishment (1993) o...

By Peter Prokosch

Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus), Sterlegova, 75.26N89.09E, Coast of Taimyr, Russia, July 1990The long-tailed skua (Stercorarius longicaudus) is the smallest and most slender of the skuas. The long-tailed skua has a circumpolar distribution in Arctic regions.
Within the former German-Soviet Environmental Agre...

By Peter Prokosch

Remains of the Gulag Labor Camp "Rybak Lag" Northeast Taimyr, Russia, July 1990The development of labor camps during the Stalin period forced many hundred thousand people to "settle" in the Russian Arctic. Some of the bigger settlements, such as Norilsk, have their roots in this period. - The Rybak...

By Peter Prokosch

Melting Sea Ice, North coast of Taimyr, July 1990Within the former German-Soviet Environmental Agreement in the years 1989-1991 3 biological expeditions to the Taimyr peninsular in northernmost Siberia were performed. They laid the ground for a partnership agreement be...

By Peter Prokosch

North of Sterlegova, Taimyr, Russia, July 1990Within the former German-Soviet Environmental Agreement in the years 1989-1991 3 biological expeditions to the Taimyr peninsular in northernmost Siberia were performed. They laid the ground for the establishment (1993) o...

By Peter Prokosch

Leningradskaya River, Northern Taimyr, German-Sovjet Expedition, July 1990Within the former German-Soviet Environmental Agreement in the years 1989-1991 3 biological expeditions to the Taimyr peninsular in northernmost Siberia were performed. They laid the ground for the establishment (1993) o...

By Peter Prokosch

Polygone Tundra, Leningradskaya River, Northern Taimyr, German-Sovjet Expedition, July 1990Within the former German-Soviet Environmental Agreement in the years 1989-1991 3 biological expeditions to the Taimyr peninsular in northernmost Siberia were performed. They laid the ground for the establishment (1993) o...

By Peter Prokosch

Northern Taimyr, German-Sovjet Expedition, July 1990Within the former German-Soviet Environmental Agreement in the years 1989-1991 3 biological expeditions to the Taimyr peninsular in northernmost Siberia were performed. They laid the ground for the establishment (1993) o...

By Peter Prokosch

Remains of the Gulag Labor Camp "Rybak Lag" Northeast Taimyr, Russia, July 1990The development of labor camps during the Stalin period forced many hundred thousand people to "settle" in the Russian Arctic. Some of the bigger settlements, such as Norilsk, have their roots in this period. - The Rybak...

By Peter Prokosch

Remains of the Gulag Labor Camp "Rybak Lag" Northeast Taimyr, Russia, July 1990The development of labor camps during the Stalin period forced many hundred thousand people to "settle" in the Russian Arctic. Some of the bigger settlements, such as Norilsk, have their roots in this period. - The Rybak...

By Peter Prokosch

Remains of the Gulag Labor Camp "Rybak Lag" Northeast Taimyr, Russia, July 1990The development of labor camps during the Stalin period forced many hundred thousand people to "settle" in the Russian Arctic. Some of the bigger settlements, such as Norilsk, have their roots in this period. - The Rybak...